Cotton-loader.



H. M. PINCH.

COTTON LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED M'AR.17, 1913.

1 091 317. Patented Mar. 24, 19M

HORACE M. FINCH, or LooKEizA, OKLAHOMA.

COTTON-LOADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

Application filed March 17, 1913. Serial No. 754,947.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HORACE M. FINoH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lookeba, in the county of Caddo, State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Loaders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cotton loaders and has for its principal object the provision of a structure whereby the weighing and loading of cotton bales may be performed in one and the same operation.

A further object of my invention is the provision of novel means for attaching the trackway of the loader to the supporting members.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a structure of the class described which will possess advantages over the somewhat similar structures now in use, being simpler in construction and being readily adaptable to transportation from one point to another by reason of its collapsible structure.

These and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are shown in their preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, described in the specification and then more particularly pointed out in the claim which is appended hereto and forms a part of this specification.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the structure with the lifting means shown at the bottom of the trackway. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the lifting means elevated to the highest point. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the track securing means taken on the line 4.4l of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings throughout which similar reference numerals designate coresponding parts, the preferred embodiment of my device includes the supporting legs 1 and 2, the track supporting member 3, track 4, means for securing said track to the supporting member, a pair of pulleys and an operating cable. The legs 1 and 2 are angularly bent as at 1 and 2 and are hingedly connected to the plates 3, which are connected to the supporting member 3 by a bolt 5 passing through the alined perforations 6 formed in said plates. This track supporting member is preferably made of a length of piping adapted when in assembled position for angular disposition to the supporting leg. The trackway which is shown as a length of pipe similar to the support ng member 3 isprovided with the retaming cap or nuts 8 at either end and is supported in parallel spaced relation to the supporting member by the supports 9. These supports are formed of strap iron and have their upper ends terminating in thread ed shanks 10 and adjacent shoulders 11. The lower ends of the supports 12 are threaded and carry the nuts 13. These supports are also provided with orifices 14 which receive the track member 4. The supporting memher 3 is provided with bores 15 which re ceive the threaded shanks 10, the ordinary wing nuts 16 being provided to retain the supports 9 in fixed position. A brace 17 is provided for each bracket, one end of the brace having spaced perforations for receiving the lower ends 12 of the supports 9, the other end having a threaded head 18 and shoulders 19 secured to the supporting member 8 by wing nuts 18. A pulley 20 having the customary upwardly projecting headed shank 21 is provided and is swivelly connected to the brace 17. A similar pulley 22 is slidably mounted on the trackway 4 and is operated by means of the cable 28 which plays through the pulley 20. An ordinary draw spring scale 24: is attached to the hook provided on the pulley 22.

From the foregoing disclosure the operation of my device will be readily seen. The pulley 22 being lowered to the position shown in Fig. 2, the hook of the scale is engaged in the cotton bale or other material to be hoisted. A pull on the cable will draw the bale oii' the ground and will elevate'it to the position shown in Fig 8, in which position the scale may be read and the bale subsequently dropped into a wagon which may be driven between the leg and the supporting member.

It will be of course understood that the above description comprehends only the more general and preferred embodiment of my invention and that various minor changes and details of construction and arrangement of parts may be made within the scope of the appended claim without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

To prevent the legs 1 and 2 from spreading apart, a latch bar 25 is provided, and has one end pivotally connected to the leg 1 and its free end provided With a notch 26 Which engages the pin 27 upon the leg.

l/Vhat is claimed is A hoisting apparatus comprising a beam, means for supporting the beam, a pair of track holding bars disposed in spaced parallel relation to each end of the beam and having their faces adjacent the beam cutaway to seat a portion of the same, shanks eX- tending from said cutaway faces through the beam, clamping means at the free ends of the shanks, pintles at the other ends of the bars,

a brace bar secured to the pintles and extending diagonally and terminating in a cutaway portion seating the beam a shank extending from said cutaway portion through the beam, a track rod passed through and secured to the supporting bars and a carrier mounted on the track rod.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HORACE M. FINCH. Vitnesses:

H. P. VVORNSTOFF, D. M. THOMAS.

Goples of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. C. 

